It’s Anastasi 2020, and despite restrictions on travel to the countryside or movement in city centers brought on by the COVID pandemic, Greeks took to their balconies to share celebratory greetings with friends and neighbors and proclaim that “Christ is Risen.”

Greek police set up roadblocks on highways and allowed only those with special permission to travel.

Law enforcement monitored churches, enlisted street patrols and even deployed drones to prevent people from congregating during the country’s most sacred holiday.

Drone footage shared by then-Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis captured the scene. While Athens is typically a ghost town during Easter, the video showed Athens brilliantly illuminated.